Fastest Mile Piggy Back Race

Name: Ashrita Furman

Location: Jamaica, United States

Date of Record: 04 Jul 2010

The fastest piggy back race over 1 mile (1.61 km) is 12 minutes 47 seconds and was achieved by Ashrita Furman (USA) carrying Bipin Larkin at St. Johns University in New York, New York, USA, on 4 July 2010.

Fastest Mile on Pogo Stick Whilst Juggling 3 Balls

Name: Ashrita Furman

Location: Jamaica, United States

Date of Record: 26 Sep 2007

The fastest mile hopping on a pogo stick whilst juggling three balls is 23 min 28 sec set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the Brooklyn Promenade, Brooklyn, New York, USA, on 26 September 2007.

Fastest Mile Fireman's Carry

Name: Ashrita Furman

Location: Jamaica, United States

Date of Record: 09 Nov 2005

The fastest mile covered while carrying another person on one's shoulders is 15 min 11.87 sec by Ashrita Furman (USA) on 9 November 2005 at Liberty State Park, New Jersey, USA on Guinness World Records day.

Fastest Half Marathon Pushing a Pram (Female)

Name: Nancy Schubring

Location: Novi, United States

Date of Record: 15 Sep 2000

The fastest time to run a half marathon whilst pushing a pram is 1 hr 30 min 51 sec by Nancy Schubring (USA) at the Mike May Races Half Marathon, Vassar, Michigan, USA on 15 September 2001.

Fastest 100M With a Can Balanced on Head - Dog

Name: Alex Rothaker

Location: Wildwood, United States

Date of Record: 03 Aug 2008

The fastest 100 m with a can balanced on head by a dog is 2 min 55 sec achieved by Sweet Pea, an Australian Shepherd/Border Collie cross and her owner Alex Rothaker (USA) at the college of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois, USA, on 3 September 2008.

Largest Collection of Sick Bags

Name: Niek Vermeulen

Location: Wormerveer, Netherlands

Date of Record: 29 Jan 2010

Niek Vermeulen (Netherlands) has 6,016 airline sickness bags from 1,142 different airlines from more than 160 countries, as of 29 January 2010, which he has accumulated since the 1970s.

Furthest Under Ice Swim

Fastest Text Message - Guinness World Record

Fastest Violin Player

Most People Crammed in a Mini, New Model

Largest Human Beatbox Ensemble

Longest Duration Balancing a Tyre on the Teeth

Most Iron Bars Broken by the Head in One Minute

Amazing Sport Stacking Records

Fire Eating Most Torches Extinguished in One Minute

Most Kicks to The Head in One Minute (Self)

Fastest Time to Pull a Double Decker Bus with Ears 10M

Most Times Hit by a Car in Two Minutes

Name: Dietmar Loeffler

Location: Erkelenz, Germany

Date of Record: 23 Nov 2007

The most times hit by a car in two minutes is eight, by Dietmar Loeffler (Germany) on the set of Guinness World Records - Die Grössten Weltrekorde in Cologne, Germany, on 23 November 2007.

Most Martial Arts Bouts Consecutively - Male

Name: Paddy Doyle

Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom

Date of Record: 19 Nov 2005

The most consecutive martial arts bouts is 141 set by Paddy Doyle (UK) at St Benedicts School Sports Centre, Cheltenham, UK, on 19 November 2005.

Most Footballs Juggled

Name: Victor Rubilar

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Record: 04 Nov 2006

Victor Rubilar (Argentina) juggled five regulations size footballs (soccer balls) for the required minimum of 10 seconds at the Gallerian Shopping Centre, Stockholm, Sweden, on 4 November 2006.

Most Clothes Pegs Clipped on a Face

Name: Garry Turner

Location: Holton Le Moor, United Kingdom

Date of Record: 09 Jan 2009

The most clothes pegs clipped on a face is 160 and was achieved by Garry Turner (United Kingdom) on the set of 'Guinness World Records', Madrid, Spain, on 9 January 2009.

Most Big Macs consumed

Name: Donald Gorske

Location: United States

Date of Record: 12 Aug 2008

Donald Gorske of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USA consumed his 23,000th McDonald's Big Mac on 17 August 2008.  He is now in his 37th consecutive year of eating Big Macs on a daily basis.

Minimoto (Minibike) Longest Jump with Backflip

Name: Ricardo Piedras

Location: Spain

Date of Record: 11 Apr 2009

The longest jump with a back flip performed on a minimoto is 12.72 m (41 ft 9 in) and was achieved by Ricardo Piedras (Spain) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 11 April 2009.

Longest Time to Hold the Marinelli Bend Position

Name: Iona Oyungerel Luvsandorj

Location: London, United Kingdom

Date of Record: 18 Apr 2009

The longest duration to maintain a Marinelli bend is 50 seconds and was achieved by Iona Oyungerel Luvsandorj (Mongolia) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 18 April 2009.

Watch a previous attempt from Iona below, when she first set the mark at 33 seconds.

Longest Sword Swallowed

Name: Natasha Veruschka

Location: New York, United States

Date of Record: 28 Feb 2009

Natasha Veruschka (USA) swallowed a sword 58 cm (22.83 in) long sword on Sword Swallowers Awareness Day, 28 February 2009.

Longest Marathon, Bumper Car

Name: Sebastian Bösch

Location: Schwechat, Austria

Date of Record: 30 Sep 2007

The longest bumper car marathon is 24 hours and was achieved by Sebastian Bösch (Austria) during the event Vienna Recordia in Vienna, Austria, on 30 September 2007.

Longest French Knitting

Name: Edward Peter Hannaford

Location: Sittingbourne, United Kingdom

Date of Record: 04 Feb 2005

Edward Peter Hannaford (UK) of Sittingbourne, Kent, has produced a piece of French knitting 21.75 km (13.51 miles) long since he began working on it in April 1989.

Longest Career as An Ice-Cream Man

Name: Charlie D'Angelo

Location: New Jersey, USA

Date of Record: 03 Aug 2011

Charlie D'Angelo of Clifton, New Jersey, USA, has been working as an ice-cream man non-stop for 30 years since 1979 in his Iggy's Igloo ice-cream truck.

Largest Collection of Trolls

Name: Sophie Cross

Location: Wallingford, United Kingdom

Date of Record: 03 Dec 2009

The largest collection of trolls belongs to Sophie Marie Cross (UK), who began collecting in 2003 and, as of 3 December 2009, has 633 unique items.

Largest Collection of Masks

Name: Gerold Weschenmoser

Location: Starzach-1, Germany

Date of Record: 31 Mar 2010

Gerold Weschenmoser (Germany) has 5,385 different masks, as of 31 March 2010, which he has collected since 1957.

Highest Bicycle Bunny Hop

Name: Benito Ros Charral

Location: Abarzuza, Spain

Date of Record: 17 May 2009

The highest bunny hop on a bicycle is 1.42 m (4 ft 8 in) and was achieved by Benito Ros (Spain) at the  2009 "bike the rock" festival, Heubach, Germany, on 17 May 2009.

Heaviest Vehicle Pulled Over 100FT - Male

Name: Kevin Fast

Location: Cobourg, Canada

Date of Record: 15 Sep 2008

The record for the heaviest vehicle pulled over a level 100 ft (30.48 m) course weighed 57,243 kg (126,200 lb) and was set by Rev. Kevin Fast (Canada) on the "Live with Regis & Kelly" television show in New York, New York, USA, on 15 September 2008.

Heaviest Aircraft Pulled by a Man

Name: Kevin Fast

Location: Cobourg, Canada

Date of Record: 17 Sep 2009

Kevin Fast (Canada) pulled a CC-177 Globemaster III, weighing 188.83 tonnes (416,299 lb), a distance of 8.8 m (28 ft 10.46 in) at Canadian Forces Base in Trenton, Ontario, Canada, on 17 September 2009.

Gurning World Championships - Male - Most Wins

Name: Tommy Mattinson

Location: Wigton, United Kingdom

Date of Record: 04 Aug 2011

The only male gurner to win the world title an amazing 12 times is Tommy Mattinson (UK), whose flexible face took the top prize at the annual Gurning World Championship at Egremont Crab Fair, Cumbria, UK, in 1986-87 and then 10 times between 1999 and 2010.

First Amputee to Win a Summer X Games Gold Medal

Name: Chris Ridgway

Location: United States

Date of Record: 31 Jul 2009

Riding a 2009 Suzuki RMZ450F, Chris Ridgway (USA) won gold in the X Games adaptive Moto X class at X Games 15 in Los Angeles, California, USA, on 31 July 2009.

Fastest Mile Balancing a Baseball Bat on a Finger

Name: Ashrita Furman

Location: Jamaica, United States

Date of Record: 20 Jun 2009

The fastest time to run a mile while balancing a baseball bat on a finger is 7 min 5 sec by Ashrita Furman (USA) at the St. John's Universtiy track , Queens, New York, USA on 20 June 2009.

Fastest 20 M Carrying 300 KG on Shoulders

Name: Agris Kazelniks

Location: Latvia

Date of Record: 18 Apr 2009

Agris Kazelniks (Latvia) covered a distance of 20 m (65 ft 7.32 in) carrying 300 kg (661 lb 5.4 oz) on his shoulders in a time of 11.40  seconds on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 18 April 2009.

Fastest 100M on a Space Hopper - Female

Name: Dee McDougall

Location: Fife, United Kingdom

Date of Record: 26 Sep 2004

The women's record for the fastest 100 m space hopper race is 39.88 sec and was set by Dee McDougall (UK) at the University of St Andrews, Fife, UK on 26 September 2004.

Fastest 100 M on a Space Hopper - Male

Name: Ashrita Furman

Location: Jamaica, United States

Date of Record: 16 Nov 2004

The record for the fastest time to travel 100 m on a spacehopper is 30.2 sec and was set by Ashrita Furman (USA) at Flushing Meadow Park, New York, USA on 16 November 2004.

Fastest 10 m Travelled Carrying a Table and Weight in the Mouth

Name: Georges Christen

Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Date of Record: 18 Jun 2009

The fastest 10 m carrying a table with weight in the mouth was 6.57 seconds and was acheived by Georges Christen (Luxembourg) on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi - Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 18 June 2009.

Farthest Distance Climbed Inverted up a Pole in One Minute

Name: Nele Bruckmann

Location: Hamburg, Germany

Date of Record: 01 Sep 2007

The record for inverted pole climb - greatest distance climbed in a minute is 9.73 m (31 ft 11 in) achieved by Nele Bruckmann (Germany) on the set of Guinness World Records - Die größten Weltrekorde in Cologne, Germany, on 1 September 2007.